The Round started late Thursday night with Sydney taking on Carlton. When I woke up for work, I expected the Swans to have a comfortable lead, which they did. It wasn’t, however, a complete blowout as the final margin was only 30.

The Blues may not be winning, but they’re playing hard and competing. That’s…. something. Here are the highlights:

The first game of proper Friday night had the Western Bulldogs hosting the Melbourne Demons at the Etihad Marvel. The Doggies started out really well and held a nice lead, but the Demons found another gear in the second quarter and controlled the game the rest of the way.

In the end, the Demons pretty much doubled up the Doggies 100-51. Highlights:

I really wanted to watch the Hawthorn-Port game live, but I was too tired. It’s a shame because this was a very good game that went down to the wire. Let’s watch the last two minutes:

The Hawks managed to hang on to win by 3. Here are the highlights for the whole game:

I REALLY wanted to watch the Cats take on the Suns, but there was just no way. I was happy to see on Saturday morning that the Cats had an outstanding 2nd quarter that effectively ended the game.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching the replay of the 121-36 win in Gary Ablett’s return to Queensland. Highlights:

The Dreamtime at the G match is traditionally the highlight of the Indigenous Round. It pits Richmond against Essendon in what has become a fierce rivalry. This year’s edition, predictably, went the Tigers’ way in a 43-114 blowout. Only 2 away… Highlights:

It was expected that West Coast would demolish the Saints at home. Thus, I was pleasantly surprised that the Saints only lost by 13. That’s actually a really good result for the Saints and shows they’ve maybe turned the corner. We’ll see how they do next week. Here are the highlights:

The first game of North American Saturday night had the Brisbane Lions visiting the North Melbourne Kangaroos and man do the Roos start games fast! This game was over before it started.

The Lions actually did a good job of getting back into the game and making the losing margin only 54. Highlights:

Later, Collingwood was hosting the Dockers at the MCG, a ground where Perth teams typically don’t play well. Make it one more game where that trend continues. The final score was 138-77. Here are the highlights:

The last match of the Round turned out to be the biggest surprise. The GWS Giants were reeling coming off 4 consecutive losses while the Crows were at home. Somehow, someway, the Giants are back.

They beat the Crows in Adelaide by 16 and have signaled to the rest of the competition that they’re not dead yet. Highlights:

Let’s take a look at the ladder, shall we?

P

TEAM

W

L

T

POINTS

%

1

West Coast Eagles

10

1

0

40

133.5

2

Richmond Tigers

9

2

0

36

140.5

3

Melbourne Demons

8

3

0

32

140.2

4

Sydney Swans

8

3

0

32

118.6

5

Geelong Cats

7

4

0

28

128.6

6

North Melbourne Kangaroos

7

4

0

28

125.1

7

Collingwood Magpies

7

4

0

28

115.7

8

Port Adelaide Power

6

4

0

24

107.1

9

Adelaide Crows

6

5

0

24

106.9

10

Hawthorn Hawks

6

5

0

24

104.8

11

GWS Giants

5

5

1

22

99.9

12

Essendon Bombers

4

7

0

16

87.3

13

Fremantle Dockers

4

7

0

16

81.3

14

Western Bulldogs

4

7

0

16

75.2

15

Gold Coast Suns

3

7

0

12

68.1

16

St. Kilda Saints

1

9

1

6

71.7

17

Brisbane Lions

1

10

0

4

79.1

18

Carlton Blues

1

10

0

4

63.5

The positions didn’t really change much this week except in the lower rungs of the Eight. The byes start this week, so we won’t really get a true picture until Round 15.

Here is the Balls Graph (TM, but may be leasing it out to Brick soon):

Given the Queen’s birthday game on Sunday night, the AFL Beat might be delayed on Monday depending on how busy I am at work to put the finishing touches on the post. Worst case, I’ll publish on Tuesday next week. Enjoy the games!

A) FINALLY watched the GWS-Adelaid replay. Long week.
2) Happy to reverse jinx my team in the tipping pool if that helps
$) The first 14 minutes of the match were all GWS, and then it really was back and forth and anyone’s game until the final two minutes. Thank goodness for Cameron but the ruck work and intensity were the difference for GWS.

This is how my move this week looked, except replace the pickup truck with a Magliner.

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Plus, a lot of respect to the packing job on that pickup there. Sure, that’s some real Grapes of Wrath shit there, but hey you gotta make due with what ya got. And not only is everything there, it looks solid, even, and balanced. Props to the pickup’s suspension as well. Grandma, you ride up on top.

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